JEON Do-yeon Mulls EMERGENCY DECLARATION

According to her agency Management SOOP, JEON Do-yeon is positively considering an offer to appear in the upcoming disaster film Emergency Declaration (literal title). Is she signs on, she will join a cast that already includes acting titans SONG Kang-ho and L...

LEE Jun-ho and JEONG So-min Team Up for GIBANG BACHELOR

K-pop star LEE Jun-ho, of the popular boyband 2PM, is starring alongside JEONG So-min in the upcoming period comedy drama Gibang Bachelor (working title). The project is the latest from director NAM Dae-joong, who previously helmed the youth comedy-drama THE L...

LEE Jun-ho to Make Screen Comeback in Period Comedy

LEE Jun-ho, a member of the popular K-pop boyband 2PM, has selected his next film project which will be the period comedy Gibang Bachelor (working title). The project will be helmed by NAM Dae-joong, the director who debuted with the youth comedy The Last Ride...

KIM Go-eun and JUNG Hae-in Queue Up YOO YEOL’S MUSIC ALBUM

Director JUNG Ji-woo is reuniting with his Eungyo (2012) star KIM Go-eun, who will lead his upcoming drama Yoo Yeol’s Music Album alongside JUNG Hae-in. KIM and JUNG previously appeared together in the hit TV series Goblin, which featured KIM and GONG Yoo in t...

CHO Jin-woong Signs on for Directing Debut of JUNG Jin-young

Actor CHO Jin-woong has signed to star in the debut directing effort of fellow thespian JUNG Jin-young, a 27-year veteran of the screen in Korea. Following a lengthy preparation period, Close to You is expected to begin rolling in October. CHO and JUNG co-star...

LEE Joon-ik Wraps Present-Day Drama BYEONSAN

Prolific director LEE Joon-ik wrapped his 13th film in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province on November 18th, just over two months since production began in Seoul on September 11th. Byeonsan (Korean title), features rising star PARK Jung-min alongside KIM Go-eun. The f...

KIM Go-eun and PARK Jung-min Head to BYEONSAN for LEE Joon-ik

Never one to idle between projects, Director LEE Joon-ik will be back on set in the fall, as young actors KIM Go-eun and PARK Jung-min join him for his Anarchist from Colony follow-up Byeonsan. The 13th feature project from the hit filmmaker is a return to pre...

THE WORLD OF US Scores 2 Asia New Talents Nominations in Shanghai

Korean Program Featured 22 Titles Korean cinema made a big splash at the Shanghai International Film Festival this month, with 22 titles features across their program. Most prominent was YOON Ga-eun’s debut feature The World of Us, which was part of the Asian...

Well Go USA Hears THE WAILING

Cannes-bound NA Hong-jin Thriller Books May 27 US Release NA Hong-jin’s highly-anticipated thriller THE WAILING, which will debut in Out of Competition at the Cannes Film Festival on May 18th, has been picked up for North American distribution by Well Go USA....

INSIDE MEN to Infiltrate Hong Kong

Theatrical Release to Follow HKIFF Selection Following its Best Actor win for LEE Byung-hun at the Asian Film Awards in Macau and its selection for the Hong Kong International Film Festival this month, political thriller Inside Men has secured a theatrical re...